The Island of Sheep edition by John Buchan Literature Fiction eBooks
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The Island of Sheep (1936) is a novel by John Buchan. It is the last of his novels to revolve around Richard Hannay and Sandy Arbuthnot. The novel was published in the United States under the title The Man from the Norlands. The action occurs twelve years later on from the last novel, when Hannay, now in his fifties, is called by an old oath to protect the son of a man he once knew, who is also heir to the secret of a great treasure. He obtains help from Sandy Arbuthnot, now Lord Clanroyden, and Lombard. The action takes place in England, Scotland and on the Island of Sheep. This is located in what Buchan describes as 'the Norlands' clearly the Faroe Islands. There are several stereotypical villains…
The Island of Sheep edition by John Buchan Literature Fiction eBooks
The final adventure starring Richard Hannay of The Thirty-Nine Steps fame, The Island of Sheep in many ways picks up where The Three Hostages left off. Hannay, unsettled by what the author John Buchan views as soft living, is pulled into danger's path by the igniting of a historic feud and the resurrection of an old pact. This novel contains what all of Buchan's yarns contain: peril, action, heroism, dastardly villains, powerful manly friendships, a hint of romance, references to the classics, British pluck in the face of danger, can-do youngsters, picturesque country folk…Buchan has a good thing going and enough sense to repeat it. More so than the other Hannay stories, this tale reveals a strong Nordicism in Buchan's outlook, interweaving details from Norse sagas as plot symbols to be explicitly interpreted by the central characters and featuring a neo-Viking who awakens from the diseased slumber of civilization to rekindle the inner fires of glory of a time when men were men. Buchan is no master wordsmith or formidable intellectual, but the lack of these (rare) qualities do not make Buchan's books any less successful as stories, nor do they diminish the value of the didactic element of his fiction.I am steadily becoming a cheerleader of Wordsworth Classics, which combine an incredibly low price with curation of the highest quality. The front and back covers are quite suitable and the introduction, though short, is spot on. Would this book have been improved with textual notes of the thoroughness of an Oxford or Penguin edition? I suspect not; Buchan is best read for pleasure first and dissection third, if ever. (Instruction, of course, is the second purpose.)
As a 'first-rate second-tier author' generally, Buchan is by no means at the ebb of his authorial powers in The Island of Sheep. Devotees of Buchan; enjoyers of Haggard, Kipling, and Stevenson; readers who sigh at the current paucity of British vigor in modern life - give this one a look.
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The Island of Sheep edition by John Buchan Literature Fiction eBooks Reviews
Everyone knows about The 39 Steps but the John Hannay series is more than that. A real boys ( or girls) own read, relevant to day because it reflects good versus evil and is very well written. I am so glad I rediscovered this author
Richard Hannay wrote a good yarn. I enjoyed this one. Good escapist stuff, does not require a lot of concentration.
It would be good for children because of the children's heroic role, but the background seems a little complicated for children to understand. It is readable and interesting to adults, but not a page turner.
Each of these stories in this series somehow exceeds the previous great story, sure not to disappoint any worthy reader
I enjoyed this, as I have other books by John Buchan. But brcause I have visited both the Orkneys and the Faroes, I particularly enjoyed the islands where the final "act" of the drama played out as the Faroes in disguise 8-)
Buchan was a very good writer who knew how to tell a story. Having said that, One should know that he was a man of the late 19th century and had all of that centuriy's views about people. It can be read as a "politically incorect" work or as a history lesson. I prefer the latter.. This book, like all of Buchan's Hannay books, tells me about the period in which it takes place while giving me a great adventure to be a part of. Social history while being entertained. How enlightening is that.
Richard Hannay and his doughty friends, including our hero's young son, take on bad men on a remote island off the Scandinavian coast (presumably the Faroe Islands)in this most readable adventure story. Buchan's stories are not complex; right is right and wrong is wrong. His writing, though, is quite poetic as he describes the Border Country of Scotland or the sea, and his stories always end with the reader's regret that the adventure is finished. His son, Peter John, is a teen-ager with interests in nature and living creatures that suggest the potential for a virtuous and productive manhood in the natural sciences. Unfortunately, this is the last of the Ricard Hannay series. Buchan died four years after writing The Island of Sheep, and his duties as Governor-General of Canada in the interim limited his writing output.
In an era of moral relativism, it is refreshing to read Buchan's stories, with their hero who doubts not the nobility of his cause.
The final adventure starring Richard Hannay of The Thirty-Nine Steps fame, The Island of Sheep in many ways picks up where The Three Hostages left off. Hannay, unsettled by what the author John Buchan views as soft living, is pulled into danger's path by the igniting of a historic feud and the resurrection of an old pact. This novel contains what all of Buchan's yarns contain peril, action, heroism, dastardly villains, powerful manly friendships, a hint of romance, references to the classics, British pluck in the face of danger, can-do youngsters, picturesque country folk…Buchan has a good thing going and enough sense to repeat it. More so than the other Hannay stories, this tale reveals a strong Nordicism in Buchan's outlook, interweaving details from Norse sagas as plot symbols to be explicitly interpreted by the central characters and featuring a neo-Viking who awakens from the diseased slumber of civilization to rekindle the inner fires of glory of a time when men were men. Buchan is no master wordsmith or formidable intellectual, but the lack of these (rare) qualities do not make Buchan's books any less successful as stories, nor do they diminish the value of the didactic element of his fiction.
I am steadily becoming a cheerleader of Wordsworth Classics, which combine an incredibly low price with curation of the highest quality. The front and back covers are quite suitable and the introduction, though short, is spot on. Would this book have been improved with textual notes of the thoroughness of an Oxford or Penguin edition? I suspect not; Buchan is best read for pleasure first and dissection third, if ever. (Instruction, of course, is the second purpose.)
As a 'first-rate second-tier author' generally, Buchan is by no means at the ebb of his authorial powers in The Island of Sheep. Devotees of Buchan; enjoyers of Haggard, Kipling, and Stevenson; readers who sigh at the current paucity of British vigor in modern life - give this one a look.
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